It may seem like ages ago now, but in reality less than a year has passed since Velasquez crumpled on the mat under a hailstorm of punches, forfeiting his heavyweight strap to Junior dos Santos in a surprisingly anticlimactic performance on the biggest stage in UFC history. Everyone was expecting something short, violent, and spectacular. But not like that.

"It's been eating at me for a while," Velasquez admitted through clenched teeth at a recent media luncheon. "[The loss] definitely did happen, and it hurt. It sucked. I've been waiting for a while to get revenge back."

"It's just so easy to get hurt in this sport," Velasquez explained. "Whether it be cuts, your joints, bones, everything can mess up at any given time. The way that we train is just so much like a real fight.

"You definitely don't know (who's going to be on the card until fight night). Because guys, we're going to just be in the gym training our butts off, and that's it. We don't worry about getting hurt in the gym. We just don't. We go in, and we just try to get the best workout we can, compete against our teammates, because that's what we're doing. We're always trying to be the best even inside the gym. It's just so easy to get hurt."

I just cann't see Cain beating JDS at this time in my mind. He would have to establish a solid wresting game to take it to JDS. JDS is physically strong/and has great balance. His takedownD is on another level,very impressive. In a stand-up striking/boxing match JDS is superior,blistering speed. That huge gap in striking/boxing skill level,JDS always wins in my opinion.

I heard he was sick coming into the JDS fight (and that JDS was injured). This is a highly anticipated rematch for me. I believe Cain takes it this time around. Would love to see a trilogy if that happens.

Immaculata - He can win this fight, he's still an awesome fighter. There is a reason he was a champ before. I hope he wins so we can see a trilogy for this match up.

The reason he was champ before is because he didn't have to fight JDS to get it. JDS is a bad matchup for him, he's getting starched again. Dana is so pathetically desperate for him to be champ he'll continue to get more undeserved title shots anyway.

Cain fought one time since he was ktfo. I hope he remembers that fight and it eats at him, it was only one fight ago. He gets a cut victory over Bigfoot who was coming off a loss and now he gets a title shot again? I under stand overeem is suspended but Cain isn't the number one or two hw not after a ko loss and a tko cut victory. Struve is more deserving and would put up the same weak performance Cain has done and will do again against jds.

Immaculata - He can win this fight, he's still an awesome fighter. There is a reason he was a champ before. I hope he wins so we can see a trilogy for this match up.

The reason he was champ before is because he didn't have to fight JDS to get it. JDS is a bad matchup for him, he's getting starched again. Dana is so pathetically desperate for him to be champ he'll continue to get more undeserved title shots anyway.

We'll see. I think it'll be more competitive this time around. I've posted on many threads on here about this subject stating that Ring Rust is real, and it played a factor in the 1st fight. I also believe its going to be a factor in the upcoming GSP/Condit fight.

If you know fighting you would realize that JDS is a bad match-up for Cain period. Thats not saying Cain is a bad fighter,its just JDS has a huge edge over him. There's a reason why JDS gave him his leg in the first fight. To prove a point,that dude you cann't take me down,but here's my leg to try. JDS is physically strong w/amazing balance/takedownD technique. There's a huge gap in striking/boxing skill level,that Cain cann't match at this time. There's a reason Vitali Klitschko,and David Haye said JDS's hands/boxing are/is world class. He is a Phenom,that has never been seen in HWT MMA as far as Boxing. The only guys imo,that will challenge him are world class strikers like Overeem or Mark Hunt. Not Wrestling base type fighters,because they cann't get him down to implement there game.

lgi - I heard he was sick coming into the JDS fight (and that JDS was injured). This is a highly anticipated rematch for me. I believe Cain takes it this time around. Would love to see a trilogy if that happens.

JDS was so injured he jumped and fell down with all his body weight on his "injured" knee in the victory pose...cain actually had a 1 year layoff where he couldn't do any sparring / weight training for almost a year due to torn rotar cuff shoulder surgury thats why he came in flabby as fuck.

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